Nail holding tool



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PAW. .S/Pwo Tr v Patented Oct. 26, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NAILHLDING TOOL Paul Siptrott, New York, N. Y.

Application December 12, 1947, Serial No. 791,215

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in nail holdingtools, and it has for its object to provide a tool that is light ofweight and easy to operate.

The said device has a wide scope of usefulness, as it may not only servethe need of mechanics, and people working in their private hobby-shops,but it may, also, and in particular, be of use and great service tothose who operate within a narrow space.

Another object of the invention'is to provide a tool, which, due to itseasy operability, will discourage people in general from attempting todrive a nail held by the ngers, into an object, with the danger ofgetting hurt during such operation.

The ,device is extremely simple of construction, as it consists of onlythree parts, that is, two side members which are spotwelded onto asuitable spring.

'Ihe side members appear in shape as lingerlike nail holding prongs,curved in a manner so as to provide a convenient grip on the device,which in itself is very compact and easy to carry, and which may bemanufactured at an insignificant cost.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts,hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings forming part of this application, and in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, andin which:

Figure 1 is an elevational top plan view of my device.

.Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view, taken on the line 2-2 inFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail View showing a spring, forming part of my device;while Figure Il is a perspective View of my said device.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numerals I0, l indicatetwo members, each of which are provided with curved portions II, II, soas to form a suitable handle-grip during operation of the tool.

Each of the members I0 are made with elongated slightly -bent andtapered end portions I2 which, in turn, terminate in a straight and flathorizontal portion I3 formed with graduated indentations I4, I5, I6, sothat when the said members I Il, III are joined together, as shown inFigure 1, different sizes of nails may be held between the two terminalend portions. The said members I0, ID are `held together in springyrelationship by means of a spring II having the shape as the numeral 3with elongated wing portions I8. Said spring is spotwelded, as shown atI9 beneath the curved surfaces II, II of the members IIJ, I0, thusgiving a lever effect to the handle of the tool in operation.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of theappended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention, andI do not, therefore, wish to limit myself to the exact constructionshown and described herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnitedtStates, is:

1. A nail holding tool comprising two members, having curved portions toform a handle-grip, slightly bent and tapered sections contiguous to thelatter, said sections terminate in flat end portions, horizontalrelative to said tapered portions, and being formed with graduatedapertures therein, and a spring xedly connecting the two memberstogether.

2. A nail holding tool comprising two members, each of the latter beingformed with slightly curved portions upon one side thereof to form ahandle-grip, tapered, slightly bent elongations at one end of saidmembers, said elongations terminating in narrow pieces, horizontal withrespect to the latter, and being formed with graduated orifices therein,-whereby to receive a nail of different dimensions, and a springsecuring said two members together.

3. In a device, as claimed in claim 2, and wherein said spring is of ashape substantially like the numeral 3, and being formed with wing-likeextensions, whereby to permit a substantial welding of the spring tosaid two members.

PAUL SIPI'ROTT.

No references cited.

